Task Force Policy Statement Sample Clauses

Task Force Policy Statement. It is the policy of the Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force member agencies to maximize the availability of private sector response resources during oil spills both by streamlining the process necessary to approve mutual aid between member agencies, and by establishing conditions under which plan holders may be relieved from responsibility for some aspects of response plan compliance during mutual aid requests. To implement this policy, Task Force members have adopted minimum requirements for resident, non-cascadable response resources (see member specific sections below). These minimum requirements for resident response systems assure the continued ability of plan holders to initiate effective response action at their facility/vessel, should a spill occur while a portion of their response capability is out of the jurisdiction for purposes of mutual aid. Furthermore, each Task Force member agency will work with any plan holders and major response contractors affected by the movement of response equipment for the purpose of providing Mutual Aid to ensure that all spill response needs are adequately met. This policy applies to all facility (both inland and marine) and vessel response plans approved by the member agencies. This Agreement provides for reciprocal mutual aid among the Task Force member jurisdictions during oil spills; it does not authorize mutual aid to other coastal states and provinces other than signatories to this Agreement. Decisions on specific requests for aid from other jurisdictions will be made on a case-by-case basis. Specific response standards have been established by each Task Force member jurisdiction consistent with their unique legal and policy environments. However, it is the Task Force's intention that the specific resident equipment standards be as liberal as possible and provides relative equivalency between members to assure effective reciprocity.